Prof Hiromoto Nishihara

Dr. Hirotomo Nishihara is a Professor at the Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University, specializing in chemical engineering and materials science. With a Ph.D. from Kyoto University, he has held various academic positions at Tohoku University since 2005. He also serves as the Chief Scientific Officer at 3DC, Deputy editor-in-chief at The Carbon Society of Japan and has been involved in numerous editorial and steering committees for prestigious journals and organizations (New Carbon Materials (Elsevier), Journal of Porous Materials (Springer), Energy Storage Materials (Elsevier)). His notable accolades include the Kao Science Prize, JSPS Prize, and recognition in the 2020 Asian Scientist Top 100. Dr. Nishihara’s work focuses on advancements in carbon materials and energy storage.

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Prof Jose Paulo Mota

José P. B. Mota is full professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the department of chemistry of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT-UNL) of NOVA University of Lisbon (Portugal). He heads the Laboratory of Adsorption Technology and Process Engineering (LATPE) at FCT-UNL and leads of the Thematic Line Energy – Clean & Renewable at LAQV, the Research Center for Green Chemistry and Clean Processes of REQUIMTE, the Portuguese Network for Chemistry and Technology. He has authored over one hundred and fifty papers in the areas of separation science and transport phenomena and is one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in Chemical Engineering according to the ranking published by Stanford University in PLOS Biology. He serves as an associate editor of Adsorption Science & Technology Journal, editorial member of open-access journals Molecules and Methane, and consulting editor of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis. He has received several international awards and has served as a member of the Scientific Council of Sciences and Engineering (CCCE) of the Portuguese National Science Foundation (FCT/MCTES) and Board of Directors of the International Adsorption Society (IAS). . He is the chairman of the SPICA 2022 symposium and of the 15th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorp-tion to be held in 2025 by IAS.